A $3.8 million project to build a new football pavilion at Galvin Park has been completed.
Werribee MP Tim Pallas and Wyndham councillors gathered on Thursday to celebrate the occasion.
The council invested $2.8 million in the project while the state government contributed $1 million under the Community Sports Infrastructure Stimulus Program.
Galvin Park is home to Werribee City Football Club, which has more than 260 players.
The new pavilion features six new female-friendly change rooms, a community social room, a large kitchen and canteen, public toilets, modern referee facilities and new car parking spaces.
The councillors and Mr Pallas also visited Warringa Reserve in Hoppers Crossing on Thursday, to view a new automatic irrigation system that has been installed to provide sports teams with a more weatherproof oval, which is capable of hosting games throughout the year.
The irrigation project was made possible thanks to $60,000 in funding from the state government’s Community Cricket Program.
Warringa Reserve is home to the Wyndham All Abilities Football Cricket Club and Hoppers Crossing Junior Cricket Club.
Mr Pallas said the new sports pavilion and oval irrigation system would provide an incentive for Wyndham sports clubs to ramp up their training and development, and for even more locals to join in the fun.
“For too long clubs like the Wyndham All Abilities Football Cricket Club, Hoppers Crossing Junior Cricket and Werribee City FC have been hamstrung by outdated facilities – they deserve appropriate facilities they can be proud of,” he said.
